1. The Duke of She? asked about government.

2. The Master said, "Good government obtains, when those who are near are made happy, and those who are far off are attracted."

15. HOW THE PROSPERITY AND RUIN OF A COUNTRY MAY DEPEND OF THE RULER'S VIEW OF HIS POSITION, HIS FEELING ITS DIFFICULTY, OR ONLY CHERISHING A UEADSTRONG WILL. 1. I should suppose that一言可以兴邦, and the correspond. sent. below were comm. sayings, about which the duke asks, in a way to intimate his disbelief of them—有诸. 几 is not here in the sentence of 'a spring', or 'primum mobile', but =期, in the sense of 'to expect', 'to be expected from'. 一言=一句, as in II. 2. 2. It is only the first part of the saying on which Conf. dwells. That is called主, the principal sentence; the other is only 带说, 'an accessory'. 3. Some put a comma at the first 乎, but it is better to take that 乎 as a preposition;—'May it not be expected that from this one word, &c.?' Similarly, par. 4, 乎is a prep.,=our in. 其言,—言 is used specially of the orders, rules, &c., which a ruler may issue.

16. GOOD GOVERNMENT SEEN FROM ITS EFFECTS. 1. 叶, read shě; seen VII. 18. 2. Conf. is supposed to have in view the oppressive and aggressive govt. of Tsoo, to which Shě belonged.